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The Antitrust Challenge to the St. Luke's/Saltzer Medical Group Transaction: Implications for Hospital/Physician Consolidations

On January 24, 2014, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with the Idaho Attorney General and two local hospitals, prevailed in Idaho District Court in their challenge to the St. Luke's Health System’s acquisition of a group of physicians in Nampa, Idaho. As the first litigated FTC challenge to a hospital acquisition of a physician practice, the outcome was highly anticipated.